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Gardening and farming in rural north Idaho has many joys and some challenges-- Zone 4 climate, plant predators/ visitors up to and including moose; sudden weather extremes (we get maritime weather off the Pacific and continental weather down from Alberta & BC). Specializing in herbs and fragrant plants led first to a keen interest in cooking with herbs, and then to soapmaking. Any one day's work might see fence fixing, pruning, soapmaking, gathering botanicals, oohing at the elk herd parading past.

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May 4, 2016

This fellow was basking on the porch this afternoon when I went to water, and as soon as I saw him he pretended he was a stick.

I decided he needed a photo-op, and so here he is. When I came back from the ablutions, he was gone.

The weather is much too warm, and not only that, early-warm; it's not usually snake weather for almost another month. Garter snakes are pretty common here, though usually not snuggled up to the siding on the front porch.